Malone, who has roamed the Nuggets’ sideline for 10 seasons, credited Popovich with helping him get hired by Cleveland (2005) and New Orleans (2010) as an assistant, en route to his first head coaching job with Sacramento. Now he’s the fourth-longest tenured coach in the league with Denver, behind only Popovich, Erik Spoelstra and Steve Kerr.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich suffered a mild stroke Nov. 2 and has missed all but five of the team's games this season.

The San Antonio Spurs have been coached by Gregg Popovich for 29 years. Since taking over as head coach in 1996, Popovich has become arguably the greatest NBA coach of all time. With such a lengthy résumé,

Right before the San Antonio Spurs announced that Hall of Fame Head Coach Gregg Popovich would not return to the bench this season, he addressed the team. New star De’Aaron Fox had not seen Pop in person since he joined the franchise.